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Redundancy and Odd Goings-On

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MrsFruitcake · 15/06/2020 09:46

Being made redundant from my role - senior admin in large building firm. Consultation period was very short, three other members of staff all with the same title as me being made redundant too so no pool to speak of.

This is what is puzzling me - I signed the redundancy termination letter on Thursday last week and returned it digitally to the HR contact.

On Friday, he sends it out again, worded exactly the same way but headed 'Revised Redundancy Termination', nowhere to sign and date at the bottom as with the previous document and with the payment schedule attached (they are only offering statutory, no enhanced package) which shows an increase of £1. I am confused, so telephone him to ask why he has done this. He says he wanted me to have the most up-to-date version and I don't need to worry.

But I am worrying - I said I don't understand why several times and that I was uncomfortable with it but he couldn't really give me a proper answer.

Does anyone in HR have any idea what might be going on here, if anything? I can't help but be a little suspicious.

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VanGoghsDog · 15/06/2020 09:49

You don't need to sign anything to be made redundant so it seems, er, redundant. I'd ignore it.

MrsFruitcake · 15/06/2020 09:50

@VanGoghsDog

You don't need to sign anything to be made redundant so it seems, er, redundant. I'd ignore it.
Why send it twice though?
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Moondust001 · 15/06/2020 09:59

You said that the figures had changed slightly? That is the reason they sent it twice. It has to be correct. That's all. Nothing to worry about here.

VanGoghsDog · 15/06/2020 10:29

Why send it twice though?

He told you - he wanted you to have the most up to date version and you said yourself the figure had changed.

If they are paying statutory, I take it you have checked it against the govt calculator online?

flowery · 15/06/2020 11:34

I can't see any reason not to take what he said at face value. Nothing odd about it. Ideally the figures would have been completely correct first time, but if they weren't and they've issued the correct version, fine.

If the new version was less money, they'd probably want your 'signature'. But as it's more, no need.

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